"It is a common enough case, that of a man…" — George Eliot

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Meaning

The quote suggests that people are often attracted to someone who does not match the image they once thought they wanted. It points to how sudden attraction can override an imagined ideal. The wording also implies that this is a familiar and ordinary human experience.

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Source

Impressions of Theophrastus Such. Essays & Leaves from a note-book (1900)

Original Language & Translation

Originally said in English.

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The phrase appears in the book "Impressions of Theophrastus Such. Essays & Leaves from a note-book (1900)" by George Eliot (Google Books snippet); no earlier source was checked.

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About George Eliot

English novelist, poet, journalist, and translator, Victorian era

George Eliot was the pen name of Mary Ann Evans, an English novelist, poet, journalist, and translator of the Victorian era. She was one of the leading writers of her time. She wrote seven novels, including Adam Bede, The Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner, Romola, Felix Holt, the Radical, Middlemarch, and Daniel Deronda. Her fiction is known for realism, psychological depth, a strong sense of place, and close attention to the countryside.